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APPROX
2009
Springer
107views Algorithms» more  APPROX 2009»
15 years 6 months ago
Hierarchy Theorems for Property Testing
Referring to the query complexity of property testing, we prove the existence of a rich hierarchy of corresponding complexity classes. That is, for any relevant function q, we prov...
Oded Goldreich, Michael Krivelevich, Ilan Newman, ...
CIE
2007
Springer
15 years 5 months ago
Hierarchies in Fragments of Monadic Strict NP
We expose a strict hierarchy within monotone monadic strict NP without inequalities (MMSNP), based on the number of second-order monadic quantifiers. We do this by studying a fin...
Barnaby Martin, Florent R. Madelaine
DBPL
2001
Springer
133views Database» more  DBPL 2001»
15 years 4 months ago
A Theory of Spatio-Temporal Database Queries
Abstract. We address a fundamental question concerning spatio-temporal database systems: “What are exactly spatio-temporal queries?” We define spatio-temporal queries to be co...
Floris Geerts, Sofie Haesevoets, Bart Kuijpers
AAAI
2007
15 years 2 months ago
A Semantic Importing Approach to Knowledge Reuse from Multiple Ontologies
We present the syntax and semantics of a modular ontology language SHOIQP to support context-specific reuse of knowledge from multiple ontologies. A SHOIQP ontology consists of m...
Jie Bao, Giora Slutzki, Vasant Honavar
STOC
2007
ACM
140views Algorithms» more  STOC 2007»
16 years 11 hour ago
On the submodularity of influence in social networks
We prove and extend a conjecture of Kempe, Kleinberg, and Tardos (KKT) on the spread of influence in social networks. A social network can be represented by a directed graph where...
Elchanan Mossel, Sébastien Roch